The pilot episode was first shown on Verizon V-Cast in late 2007, to whatever confused phone users who had signed for the service. Adult Swim waited to show it on their network until a Sunday at midnight: May 10, 2009. There was no promotion. A series had already been rejected, for reasons that were never explained. Nearly a year later, Snake 'n' Bacon was chosen as one of 8 pilots in the Burger King Big, Über, Network Sampling popularity contest, where viewers were allowed to vote fof which pilot should recieve a series run. This was a cynical exercise in viewer manipulation. None of the votes actually counted for anything. Adult Swim continued to torture Michael Kupperman with their garbage behavior for many more years.